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Tarbes

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Commune of Tarbes
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Tarbes, Musée des Beaux-Arts
Location
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Coordinates 43°14′02″N, 00°04′31″E
Administration
CountryFrance
Région Midi-Pyrénées
Département Hautes-Pyrénées
(préfecture)
Arrondissement Tarbes
Canton Chief town of 5 cantons
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Tarbes
Mayor Gérard Trémège
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 284 m–326 m
(avg. 304 m)
Land area¹ 15.33 km²
Population²
(1999)
46,275
 - Density (1999) 3,019/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 65440/ 65000
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
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Tarbes is a French town and commune, in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, of which it is the préfecture. It is part of the historical region of Gascony.It is the second largest metropolitan area of Midi-Pyrénées, with 110,000 inhabitants.

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[edit] Geography

To the south of Tarbes is the pilgrimage town of Lourdes and then the border with Spain.

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Births

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